Table 2.

Attitudes towards male condoms among adolescents who had ever heard about condoms by age and sex, Burkina Faso, National Survey of Adolescents, 2004

Characteristic	Females			Males
	12–14 (N=797)	15–19 (N=1424)	Total (N=2221)	12–14 (N=982)	15–19 (N=1515)	Total (N=2497)
Condoms reduces pleasure
Agree	12.9	21.7*	18.6	20.1	32.8*	27.9
Disagree	87.1	78.3	81.4	79.8	67.2	72.1
Condoms use is a sign of lack of trust
Agree	32.8	42.6*	39.1	37.2	46.3*	42.7
Disagree	67.2	57.4	60.1	62.8	53.7	57.3
Embarrassing to buy/ask a condom
Agree	61.5	59.5	60.2	54.6	44*	48.2
Disagree	38.5	40.5	39.8	45.4	56	51.8
Level of confidence in getting partner to wear condom‡
Very confident	13.6	26.6*	21.9	12.1	32*	24.2
Somewhat confident	10.7	16.5*	14.5	14.8	21.6*	18.9
Not confident at all	75.7	56.9*	63.6	73.1	46.4*	56.7

^*Significance different (p<.05) from adolescents aged 12–14 years old, based on findings from chi-square test.

^‡For males the question was “Level of confidence in knowing how to use a condom”